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Monday, October 24, 2016

Virtual Tour - Come Next Spring by Alana White

Come Next Spring

by Alana
White

Publication Date: August 23rd 2016

Genre: Historical Fiction/Young Adult

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It’s 1949 in Tennessee Smoky Mountain country, and everything in
pre-teen Salina’s life seems suddenly different. Her sister is engaged, her
brother is absorbed in caring for his sickly foal, and salina feels she has
nothing in common anymore with her best friend. This novel for young people
captures the insular spirit of the mountain people, the breathtaking country
itself, and a girl’s struggle to accept the inevitability of change.

"An evocative first novel....the
message is rounded out with lively characters, period details, and the
sustained use of Salina's childlike point of view." - Kirkus

“This finely crafted first novel
engagingly depicts early adolescent feelings. All the events in the story occur
between the first day of school and Christmas, in a year when Salina Harris
moves beyond her concerns for popularity to an unfolding friendship with
Scooter Russell, an unwelcome new-comer. . . .It is well paced, building to a
dramatic climax; it creates a strong sense of time and place; and the novel
includes a likable cast of characters and even a romance.” -Horn Book
Magazine

“Salina is a wonderfully drawn character
(who), with the help of loving parents and a teacher who challenges her to see
a larger picture, realizes that change is inevitable, and that she will be able
to accept it.” -School Library Journal

Alana White is the author of fiction and nonfiction for adults and
young readers. Her most recent publications are the adult historical mystery
novel, The Sign of the Weeping Virgin, set at the height of the Italian
Renaissance in Florence, Italy, and Come Next Spring, a coming of age novel set
in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in the 1940s. She is also the author of a
biography of Sacagawea, Sacagawea: Westward With Lewis and Clark. She is a
longtime member of the Historical Novel Society and the Society of Children's
Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives in Nashville, TN. Alana welcomes
readers and is always available for reader group chats.

Please visit her at
www.AlanaWhite.com for more information. As well as HNS and SCBWI, she is a
member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the Author's Guild, and
the Women's National Book Association.

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